Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre has been ruled out for Friday’s Game 2 of the AL Division Series after suffering a back strain during the series opener. Beltre was hurt in the first inning of Thursdays 5-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays.
The loss of Beltre even for one game is significant. Beltre hit .287 with 18 homers and 87 RBIs this season. His two-out single in the third gave the Rangers a 2-0 lead over David Price and the Blue Jays.
Beltre will get treatment for his back strain today and be reevaluated.
“There...

The Pittsburgh Pirates are expected to announced that All-Star center fielder Andrew McCutchen will be placed 15-day disabled list due to an oblique muscle injury, according to the the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
McCutchen may miss up to a month of playing time, significantly impacting the Pirates run at a playoff spot.
The injury occurred during Sundays game with the Arizona Diamondbacks during an eighth inning at bat.
McCutchen has never been on the disabled list in his Major League career. He’s played in 843 of 868 games since his debut...

The Houston Astros placed George Springer on the 15 day DL, technically with a right quad injury, although he has been experiencing right knee discomfort as well. The hope is his stay on the DL will not be an extended one. To take his place, the team recalled Marc Krauss from Class AAA Oklahoma City.
Springer sat out the last two Astros games and the Astros are taking the cautious approach in dealing with his injury.
“I just got to get through it,” Springer said on Tuesday. “Whatever happens, happens. I just have overall kind of discomfort.”
Springer...

Time for the truth. I wasn’t sure what Chikungunya virus was, but it didn’t sound like something I would want. Tampa Bay Rays reliever Joel Peralta thinks he may have contacted the virus during the All-Star break while visiting the Dominican Republic.
The virus is transferred by mosquitoes in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It has also recently been found in Caribbean countries.
The symptoms of the chikungunya virus include virus infection, fever and joint pain. Headache, muscle pain, joint swelling, and rashes...

Doctors confirmed New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka has a partially torn UCL in his right elbow and will miss a minimum of six weeks. He rehab his elbow during the next few weeks to see if he can avoid Tommy John elbow surgery, which would keep him sidelined until 2016.
In his first MLB season Tanaka. 25, has posted a 12-4 record and a 2.51 ERA in his first 18 starts, making the All-Star team.
The Yankees invested $175 million in Masahiro Tanaka before this season, giving him a seven-year, $155 million contract while also paying a $20 million...

St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina one of the most durable catchers in baseball, has a torn ligament in his right thumb and will miss 8-12 weeks following surgery, the team announced. Molina suffered injury after sliding into third base, though it was a foot-first slide in a game Wednesday night.
“I almost cried,” Molina said, when he was told the news.In 83 games and 335 plate appearances this season, Molina is hitting .287/.341/.409 (109 OPS+) with 16 doubles and seven home runs.
Tony Cruz, Molina’s backup, will be the...

New York Yankees ace Masahiro Tanaka has been placed on the disabled list with a sore elbow, the club announced Wednesday. The Yankees invested $175 million in Masahiro Tanaka before this season, giving him a seven-year, $155 million contract while also paying a $20 million posting fee to his Japanese club, the Rakuten Golden Eagles, and up until this point it was a good investment.
Tanaka has posted a 12-4 record and a 2.51 ERA in his first 18 starts, making the All-Star team.
Tanaka will have an MRI on the tender elbow and the team will anxiously...

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was not in the lineup today leading to speculation that he may be headed back to the disabled list with the same injury that put him there there the first time earlier this season, a left quad problem.
He’s 1-for-his-last-11 and 6-for-37 over his last 11 games. In 23 games since his return from the DL, Votto is batting .250 with 11 RBIs. He hasn’t homered since May 10.
“For Joey, it’s just a day off,” Reds manager Bryan Price said.
According to Ken Rosenthal at Fox Sports sources...

The Minnesota Twins announced first baseman Joe Mauer has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained oblique . First baseman/outfielder Chris Colabello has been recalled from Triple-A Rochester in a corresponding move. Mauer suffered the injury on the game against Kansas City Wednesday night.
Mauer, 31, is hitting .271/.342/.353 with 17 doubles, two homers and 28 RBI in 76 games this season. In 40 games for the Twins this year, Colabello is hitting .232/.280/.377 with 10 doubles, four homers and 30 RBI.
Most oblique injuries require...

The Washington Nationals Bryce Harper has been activated from the 15 day DL. Harper missed 59 games because of a torn ligament in his left thumb. Coincidentally, or not, tonight is Bryce Harper bobblehead night at Nationals Park. Left-handed reliever Xavier Cedeno was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse.
The 21-year-old Harper is batting .289/.352/.422 with one homer in 21 games. In a rehab appearance for the Triple-A Harrisburg Senators Harper’s bat launched three home runs in a 4-for-5/ 5 RBI night.
“We’ll all seen the impact he can make,”...

Houston Astros top prospect Carlos Correa will miss the remainder of 2014 after undergoing surgery Wednesday to repair a fracture of his fibula just above his right ankle, general manager Jeff Luhnow said.
The injury spoils a spectacular season for Correa who was hitting .325/.416/.510, 16 doubles, six triples, six homers, 57 RBI, 50 runs and 20 stolen bases in 62 games, putting him line to be promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi later this year.
Correa played the entire 2013 season at Class A Quad Cities at 18 years old and was impressive....

The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed young ace Gerrit Cole on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder fatigue. The move is retroactive to June 4. The Pirates called up lefty Jeff Locke from Triple-A Indianapolis to start Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
In 12 starts and 76 2/3 innings this season, Cole has gone 6-3 with a 3.64 ERA and a 1.30 WHIP. He has a 3.39 ERA in 194 MLB innings since making his debut last summer.
Manager Clint Hurdle said there have been some signs in his past several starts that fatigue may have set in....

Texas Rangers DH/1B Mitch Moreland will undergo ankle survey that will keep him out of action for at least he next three months and may miss the rest of the season. Moreland is batting .246/.297/.347 (77 OPS+) in 52 games. For his career, he owns an OPS+ of 98 across parts of five big-league seasons.
The Rangers have been decimated with injuries already having lost Prince Fielder, LHP Derek Holland, C Geovany Soto, 2B Jurickson Profar, LHP Matt Harrison, LHP Martin Perez, RHP Alexi Ogando and 3B Kevin Kouzmanoff to injuries.
“It’s to the...

Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Ben Zobrist dislocated his thumb sliding head first into second base on a steal attempt in the top of the fifth against the Seattle Mariners today and will likely be head to the disabled list. Rays manager Joe Maddon said the team will using Sean Rodriguez and Logan Forsythe at 2B in Zobrist’s absence.
Durham infielder Cole Figueroa could also figure into the Rays plans. The 26-year-old has a .299 average in 32 games at Durham this season. Over the last three seasons for the Bulls, he’s hitting .288. Figueroa...

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Jay Bruce was placed on the 15 day disabled list and will require knee surgery that will sideline the 27 year old for 3-4 weeks. Bruce has hit .218/.355/.366 (99 OPS+) with only three home runs in 29 games this season.
Bruce was not in the Reds starting lineup on Sunday due to soreness in the knee but apparently there was no indication surgery would be required. Bruce did pinch-hit Sunday and struck out.
“I was ready to keep him out,” Reds manager Bryan Price said. “He came up to me and said: ‘I...

The New York Yankees sent starter Michael Pineda to the 15 day disabled list after suffering a strain in a muscle in his back. Pineda said his right lat muscle suddenly felt tight after a pitch in the first inning of the simulated game he pitched Tuesday in Florida and an MRI confirmed it.
Pineda was et to come off suspension for using pine tar in a game against Boston, but the injury looks like it may force Pineda to miss 3-4 weeks. Reliever David Phelps will replace Pineda in a rotation that has already lost Ivan Nova for the season due to...

Tampa Bay Rays former number one draft pick Tim Beckham sustained an a torn ACL in his right leg while working out and will miss most of the 2014 season, accruing to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
Beckham finally got his big league call up in September of last year going 3-for-7 (.429) in five games, and was expected to compete for a reserve infielder spot in the spring.
Beckham, 24, has been in the Rays organization and has 2700 minor league plate appearances and a career .266/.332/.381 slash line during that time. Baseball America recently...

Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado was carted off the field with an apparent left knee injury after running through the first base bag awkwardly on Monday afternoon in a game against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Machado spent several minutes on the field in obvious pain before being carted off by the Orioles training staff.
In 155 games coming into Monday, Machado has hit .282/.313/.431 (99 OPS+) with 14 home runs and a league-leading 51 doubles. He also leads the league in at-bats (663) and plate appearances (706), another testament to his...

The Tampa Bay Rays will get left-hander Matt Moore back on Sept 3 with a start against the Los Angels Angels according to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times.
Moore was 14-3 with a 3.41 ERA before Tampa Bay put him on the disabled list July 31 with a tender elbow.
Moore threw 49 pitches in a simulated game on Sunday and pronounced himself ready.He said Sunday, according to the Tampa Tribune, that he had felt the normal soreness he would after pitching in a regular game and would try to talk Maddon into letting him return this week.
Tampa Bay...

According to reports New York Mets ace Matt Harvey is headed to the disabled list with a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament and could be facing Tommy John Surgery. Marc Carig of Newsday originally reported that Harvey underwent an MRI on Monday morning.
Harvey has pitched to a 2.27 ERA this season , his first full season in the major leagues and started the All-Star Game at Cit Field in July. Teh team had planned to shut Harvey down at 200 innings.
Mets manager Terry Collins and general manager Sandy Alderson are expected to provide further...

Tampa Bay Rays center-fielder Desmond Jennings (fractured left middle finger) is expected to be activated from the disabled list today and rejoin the team in Baltimore. Jennings has been out since breaking the finger Aug. 3, played for Class A Charlotte on Sunday and went 1-for-3.
In 104 games before the injury, Jennings was hitting .258/.326/.419 (107 OPS+) with 11 home runs and a team-leading 17 stolen bases.
Reliever Brandon Gomes is expected to be optioned back to Durham to make room on the roster. The Rays start a three game series with...

The Tampa Bay Rays activated Alex Cobb off the 60 day DL and designated infielder Ryan Roberts for assignment to clear space on the roster.
Cobb has been on the DL since being hit by a line drive off the bat of Kansas City’s Eric Hosmer in July.
Cobb, 25, is 6-2 with a 3.01 ERA, 1.16 WHIP and 76 strikeouts in 83 2/3 innings this season. He made two minor-league rehab starts, most recently going 4 1/3 innings (giving up five hits and three earned runs) for the High-A Charlotte Stone Crabs.
Roberts was acquired last season from the Arizona Diamondbacks,...

Tampa Bay Rays lefty Matt Moore will not return to the rotation this weekend and the team isn’t sure when he will rejoin the rotation.
The All-Star is out with a sore left elbow. He had hoped to return this weekend, but reportedly was not feeling 100% after bullpen session before Wednesdays game against the Seattle Mariners. Moore said he won’t throw again until Sunday.
“I felt good, but good isn’t great, and great is 100 percent,” Moore said. “What we’re really aiming for is to be back out there and...

According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times Alex Cobb is set to come off the DL and will start Thursday against the Seattle Mariners at Tropicana Field.
Cobb made his third rehab start (first one cut short after two pitches due to a blister) for the High-A Charlotte Stone Crabs against the Fort Myers Miracle working 4.1 innings allowing 3R/ER on five hits striking out five and walking two last night.
Cobb has been on the DL since being struck in the head by a line drive off the bat of Eric Hosmer of the Kansas City Royals on June 15th....

Los Angeles Dodgers Matt Kemp took batting practice before yesterday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals and reported afterwards that things went well and he was progressing towards a return to the Dodgers line-up sooner rather than later.
“[It’s] a start, it’s better than where I was,” Jim Peltz of the Los Angeles Times quotes Kemp. “Felt good to get back out there and hit a little bit. Felt like a real baseball player.
Kemp came off the DL for one game after nursing his sore shoulder back to health and...

Tampa Bay Rays rookie right-hander Chris Archer left his start in Arizona in the second inning with tightness in his right forearm.
Archer allowed a run in the first and got two outs in the second before leaving with a 2-1 count against Didi Gregorius.
Catcher Jose Molina went out to the mound after the pitch and signaled to the Rays staff.
After a brief discussion with trainer Ron Porterfield and Rays skipper Joe Maddon Archer left the game and was replaced by Alex Torres.
Archer was the AL pitcher of the month in July after going 4-0 with a...

The Boston Red Sox have placed reliever Matt Thornton on the 15 day disabled list with an oblique strain. Thorton was acquired from the Chicago White Sox after losing left-hander Andrew Miller for the rest of the season, and has made 10 appearances for Boston, giving up two runs on 12 hits over 8 1/3 innings with two walks and six strikeouts.
In 50 total appearances this year, he has a 3.47 ERA, holding left-handed hitters to a .221 average.
“Talking to the guys that have had it — I’ve never had anything like this in my career...

Colorado Rockies outfielder Carlos Gonzalez has been placed on the disabled list with a finger sprain. Gonzalez has suffered with the sprain on his right middle finger off and on for the past month.
He will be eligible to return on August 20, although the Rockies are not in contention and there is no need to hurry him back until he is 100% healed.
“I don’t want to go on the DL. But I can’t swing. I am just a slap hitter, that’s all I can do right now,” said Gonzalez after the Rockies’ 5-1 loss to the Pirates.
Gonzalez...

The Tampa Bay Rays placed center-fielder Desmond Jennings on the 15 day DL with a fractured middle finger on his left hand.
Jennings hurt the finger Saturday on a slide against the Giants in extra innings and it was thought to be a relatively minor sprain.
Jason Bourgeois was recalled from Triple-A Durham to take his place on the roster.
Sam Fuld played center field for Tampa Bay on Sunday and could find himself in platoon situation with Bourgeois.
Bourgeois has a career slash line of .261/.306/.324 over parts of five major league seasons and...

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter has been diagnosed with a right calf strain and may require another stint the on disabled list.
An MRI was performed on Saturday where a Grade 1 calf strain was revealed.
The Yankees have not made a decision on whether Jeter, 39, is headed back to the disabled list.
Jeter said he first felt the injury on Monday, the morning after his first game back from his latest DL stint for a strained right quad.
“It feels like you were hit with a ball or something,” he said. “It’s like a deep...

Atlanta Braves right-hander Tim Hudson was carted off the field after being stepped on by New York Mets outfielder Eric Young Jr. accidentally stepped on his right ankle/foot at first base.
Young stepped on the back of Hudson’s ankle near his Achilles attempting to beat the throw by Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman. Hudson took Freeman’s toss at the bag just before Young arrived. Young immediately went over to Hudson to see if he was ok.
Hudson , 38, stayed down in obvious pain before being carted off by medical staff. Hudson had gone...

The top pitching prospect in the Tampa Bay Rays organization, Taylor Guerrieri, underwent Tommy John surgery today and will most likely be out until the 2015 season.
Guerrieri was slated to pitch in the 2013 Futures Game, but was scratched due to fatigue, which appeared to follow him into his most recent start on July 15, where he was pulled in the third inning with elbow soreness.
Guerrieri visited with Dr. James Andrews on Wednesday morning and the decision was made to have the surgery that afternoon, which was a reported success.
The Rays’...

The Pittsburgh Pirates placed RHP Jason Grilli on the 15-day disabled list with a right forearm strain. Grilli was forced to exit Monday’s game after he hurt his forearm on a pitch.
The 36-year-old All-Star closer came into the game with a 1.94 ERA in 41 2/3 innings. He had gone 30-for-31 in save chances.
Grilli is scheduled to head back to Pittsburgh for tests. Mark Melancon should fill the closer role for now and makes for a must-own in mixed fantasy leagues.
Melancon has a 0.97 ERA this season, and saved 20 games for the Astros in 2011.
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St. Louis Cardinals will be without slugger Matt Holliday for at least another week as the team placed the left fielder on the 15 day disabled list. He’s hitting .268/.351/.448 with 13 homers and 47 RBI this season.
First baseman/outfielder Brock Peterson Was called up to take holidays roster spot. Peterson was hitting .306 with a league-high 22 home runs in 93 games for Triple-A Memphis, and represented the team in the AAA All-Star game earlier this week.
Holliday has been out since suffering a hamstring strain running out a ground...

Los Angeles Dodgers starter Josh Beckett will undergo season-ending surgery to relieve pressure on the nerves in both his neck and shoulder region, after experiencing tingling in his fingers following a throwing session on Friday.
Beckett was originally placed on the 15-day disabled list in mid-May following a nerve entrapment in his shoulder that caused the Los Angeles starter difficulty in gripping a baseball. Due to such, the Dodgers shut down Beckett for four weeks as means to allow him to work his way back to the rotation in a slow and efficient...

The Cleveland Indians have activated Chris Perez from the 15-day disabled list after the closer missed just over a month due to a strained right rotator cuff. Perez will join the Indians in the middle of a series with the Baltimore Orioles and will retake the reigns as primary closer from Vinnie Pestano, who performed solidly in Perez’s absence.
Pestano was five-for-five in save opportunities, posting a 2.45 ERA in 11.0 innings of work in his time as the fill-in closer.
Prior to his shoulder injury, Perez was coming off of a three-game period...

The little lingering chance of season ending surgery appears to be a painful reality for New York Yankees first baseman and slugger Mark Teixeira. With the trade deadline just over a month away, it is now apparent the Yankees will be on the hunt for a first baseman as Lyle Overbay struggles against lefties and David Adams has not been able to cut it in the majors offensively so far.
For Tex, it has been recommended he seek surgery as the final option for repairing his right wrist, the same wrist he initially injured the first day of spring training...

The Baltimore Orioles will not see an expected callup of its top pitching prospect in 2013. Dylan Bundy, the phenom expected to help boost a struggling rotation or average bullpen at some point this year, will now miss the remainder of it when he undergoes Tommy John Surgery.
Bundy entered 2013 as the top pitching prospect in all of baseball, and a tear in his elbow will delay his MLB appearance by at least one season.
Due to the poor timing of the necessary surgery, this knocks Bundy out for at least the first half of 2014, likely sidelining him...

San Francisco Giants outfielder Angel Pagan will undergo surgery on Tuesday and is expected to miss 10-12 weeks recovering from an injured right hamstring tendon. Pagan has been the starting center fielder for the defending champion, San Francisco Giants and was having a solid year until his injury.
While the loss of production is a big blow for a Giants’ team already struggling, they do have internal options to plug in for the injury.
Pagan was hitting .262/.314 with three home runs and 24 RBI to go with six stolen bases. While not the...

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been given medical clearance by doctors to begin rehab games beginning July 1. Rodriguez hasn’t played at all in 2013, having undergone surgery on his left hip in January.
It was projected that he could return after the All-Star break, and that timeline seems to be accurate at this point.
He would likely need 20 or so games of rehab before returning to the major leagues. Rodriguez, 37, hit .272/.353/.430 with 18 homers and 57 RBIs in 122 games last season.
A-Rod also faces an investigation...

San Diego Padres Clayton Richard will be headed to the disabled list after feeling pain in his AC joint (down his neck and into the upper part of his chest) in Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Richard had only thrown two pitches (the first a ball and the second a strike to leadoff hitter Mark Ellis) before he felt discomfort in his shoulder.
Padres manager Bud Black came out to meet with the southpaw, which ended with Richard being pulled from the game.
Tim Stauffer came into the game in relief of Richard, pitching four innings...

Derek Jeter, New York Yankees captain and future hall of famer, took on-field batting practice on Wednesday for the first time since fracturing his ankle for the second time in mid-April.
The Wednesday session serves as a positive step in the right direction for Jeter and the Yankees organization, as he continues to work out and strengthen his ankle at New York’s spring training complex in Tampa, Florida.
Jeter took the field for the first time a week and a half ago, fielding grounders, taking swings, and completing a long toss session.
Since...

The Boston Red Sox have placed Clay Buchholz on the 15-day disabled list due to a strained trapezius muscle in his neck, retroactive to June 9. Buchholz has been nagged by the injury since his last start on June 8 and has battled health issues over the past few weeks, as he has only made two starts since May 22.
Buchholz threw a bullpen session before the second game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays, but was clearly not ready to start on Tuesday evening.
As a result, Buchholz will make a stint on the DL and will not be...

The Detroit Tigers have placed right-hander Anibal Sanchez and catcher Alex Avila on the 15 day disabled list. Sanchez has been battling shoulder problems and is expected to miss at least two starts.
Sanchez signed a five-year $88 million deal in the off-season and is pitching to a 2.76 ERA, with a 6-5 record.
Avila has a bruised left forearm the result of being hit by a pitch and is hitting .172/.271/.288 with five home runs in 48 games.
In corresponding move , the Tigers recalled outfielder Avisail Garcia and catcher Bryan Holaday.
The Tigers...

The New York Yankees placed first baseman Mark Teixeira back on the 15 day disabled list general manager Brian Cashman said Monday.
Teixeira was pulled from the game on Saturday at Los Angeles at his request with a sore wrist. Later that day Teixeira headed back to New York to consult with Yankees team physicians.
Teixeira received a cortisone shot and will be reevaluated next week.
He was diagnosed with inflammation in his right wrist although not directly related to the issue that put him on the disabled list for the first two months of the...

Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg returned from the 15-day DL on Sunday to face the Cleveland Indians in his first start since injuring his oblique in a May 31 start against the Atlanta Braves.
Strasburg worked five innings, surrendering just one run and one hit, along with four strikeouts and four walks. Strasburg was held to just 82 pitches and was pulled after the fifth inning as precaution in avoiding a potential re-injury of his oblique or other complications.
Strasburg, although allowing just one hit, did not have good...

In a 2013 season in which he has baffled hitters in a talent-heavy Midwest League and risen to the status as the top prospect in the Cincinnati Reds organization, Robert Stephenson has been placed on the disabled list with what is being called a strained hamstring, which he recently suffered while running in between starts.
Coming into the season, Stephenson was ranked second behind outfield prospect Billy Hamilton as the top prospect in the Reds organization by both Baseball America and MLB.com; however, a lackluster season for Hamilton who has...

Texas Rangers second baseman Ian Kinsler has been activated from the Disabled List and bat leadoff for the Rangers in Toronto. Kinsler, no stranger to injury has missed nearly a month with an intercostal strain and will return to face RA Dickey and the Blue Jays.
The 30-year-old second baseman has stayed healthy the past two seasons, playing in 155 and 157 games after playing in 130 or less the previous four out of five seasons.
In 2013, Kinsler had 7 HR and 20 RBI, with an above norm .302 BA and .389 OBP in 180 ABs. In response to reactivating...

The Cincinnati Reds placed setup man, Jonathan Broxton, on the DL with a right elbow flexor strain. Broxton’s stint is retroactive to June 14th and it is unclear at this time whether he will be back by his eligible return date.
With the move, the Reds’ bullpen is a little thinner for the time being but Broxton had struggled of late, likely due to the injury.
Cincinnati has World Series aspirations again this season and are currently 2.5 games behind the division leading Cardinals for the top record in the National League. The Reds...

The Milwaukee Brewers put outfielder Ryan Braun on the 15 day disabled list following a 4-3 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Friday night.
Braun had missed the last four games with a sore right thumb and attempted a batting practice session that did not go well.
The Brewers are hopeful Braun will be able to return as soon as he is eligible.
It was then that the decision was made to place Braun on the disabled list.
Braun is batting .304 with nine homers and 36 RBIs. He won the NL’s Most Valuable Player award in 2011 and finished second to...